Reyes was expected to be sentenced today, but Lehigh County Judge Maria Dantos expressed dissatisfaction with the plea bargain, which limited the minimum prison sentence to one year.

During
today's hearing, Dantos asked the attorneys to approach the bench.
After a brief sidebar discussion, Reyes was escorted out of the
courtroom for a drug test.

After he returned, Dantos announced he
had tested positive for synthetic marijuana. Reyes, who had been free
on bail, was then handcuffed and escorted from the courtroom.

"You are going to jail today," Dantos said.

Reyes'
sentencing will be postponed to a later date. It remains undetermined
whether his Nov. 14 guilty plea will be thrown out or not.

Under
that plea, Reyes faces a minimum of one year and a possible maximum of
up to seven years. But Dantos felt it should have been a homicide by
vehicle while under the influence, which comes with a minimum of up to
three years.

"Let me say at the onset I don't like this plea,"
Dantos said at the start of the hearing. "... I think you're getting a
huge break."

Reyes struck Kuhnash while she was crossing at Race
and 10th street. She was transported to then-St. Luke's Hospital in
Fountain Hill and later died of her injuries.

Reyes had smoked
marijuana before the crash, and investigators found four bags of the
drug in the car's center console after the accident, police said.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Paul Bernardino III said the plea bargain was offered due to questions over whether the crash could have been avoided had Reyes not been high.

Dantos
noted that the initial accident reconstruction report found that a
sober driver could have avoided missing Kuhnash, which made her question
whether the plea bargain was sufficient.

But Bernardino said the
state trooper who filed that report later attended a seminar about
accident reconstruction, and the new information he learned made him
second-guess his original report.

"The expert has changed his
opinion," Bernardino said. "That changes the perception of the accident
and could present a problem" if the case went to trial.

Dantos
expressed further skepticism about the plea after citing court documents
that said Reyes had missed 17 drug tests since his arrest.

Reyes' defense attorney, Eric Dowdle,
denied that his client had missed those tests, which prompted the
sidebar discussion that ultimately led to Reyes being drug tested today.

Reyes,
who wore a blue dress shirt and tan pants, did not speak during court today. He appeared visibly frazzled after returning from his drug
test.

Dantos questioned members of Kuhnash's family about whether
they were comfortable with the plea. Although the victim's son and
sister-in-law said they were, the judge opted to delay the sentencing
anyway.